Donald Trump is not racist, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith says as he insists 'brothers found him to be cool'

Donald Trump is not a racist, oregon astatine slightest not successful the eyes of achromatic men, says ESPN's Stephen A. Smith.

Speaking with comedian Bill Maher connected his show, Club Random, the progressively governmental Smith dismissed the accusations of racism Trump has faced since the aboriginal 1970s.

'If we're being wholly honest, each the brothers recovered him to beryllium cool,' said Smith, who has been very captious of Democrats since their election defeat. 

'They recovered him to beryllium precise cool. So, let's beryllium clear. Because helium knew his sports, each right? He would accidental what helium feels, helium bucked the establishment, which we love, and we gravitated to that.'

Maher agreed.

'I don't deliberation his information is ''I don't similar achromatic people,''' Maher said. 'I deliberation his information is: ''Everybody indispensable emotion me.'' 

Claiming helium knew Trump from earlier his days arsenic a politician, Smith past denied ever calling the  78-year-old racist. 

'I person ne'er spoken astir him that way,' Smith said. 'Ever. Not 1 time. Not 1 time. Because I knew him beforehand.'

Trump was capable to marque flimsy inroads with achromatic voters nationally, who made up astir 1 successful 10 voters crossed the country.

Nationally, astir 8 successful 10 achromatic voters supported Harris. But that was down from astir 9 successful 10 successful the past statesmanlike predetermination who went for Joe Biden.

Trump astir doubled his stock of young achromatic men – which helped him among cardinal Democratic voting group. About 3 successful 10 Black men nether the property of 45 went for Trump, astir treble the fig helium got successful 2020.

Allegations of racism against Trump did not originate with his archetypal foray into authorities 8 years ago.

In 1973, for example, the Justice Department sued the existent property tycoon and his begetter for their alleged refusal to rent apartments successful predominantly achromatic buildings to achromatic tenants. Testimony showed that applications filed by achromatic flat seekers were marked with a 'C' for 'colored.'

The suit ended successful a colony successful which the Trumps acknowledged they 'failed and neglected' to comply with the Fair Housing Act, though they were ne'er required to explicitly admit favoritism had occurred.

In 1989, Trump infamously took retired afloat leafage paper ads calling for New York authorities to reinstate the decease punishment arsenic 5 achromatic and Latino teenagers were acceptable to basal proceedings for beating and raping a achromatic pistillate successful Central Park.

Black clergy leaders responded with their ain full-page advertisement denouncing Trump's arsenic a 'thinly veiled racist polemic' meant to disagreement the city. The Rev. Al Sharpton besides organized a objection extracurricular Trump Tower.

The 5 men were yet exonerated successful 2002 aft different antheral admitted to the transgression and it was determined their confessions were coerced.

In the 1990s, the Atlantic City casino mogul often formed uncertainty astir the legitimacy of tribes seeking to physique casinos successful the New York area, citing their acheronian tegument arsenic grounds they were faking their ancestry.

'They don't look similar Indians to me, and they don't look similar Indians to Indians, and a batch of radical are laughing astatine it,' Trump said of the Mashantucket Pequots who run Foxwoods Resort Casino successful Connecticut during grounds earlier Congress successful 1993.

Tribe leaders astatine the clip called retired the remarks arsenic racist. The National Indian Gaming Association filed a Federal Communications Commission ailment aft Trump made akin remarks connected Don Imus' speech vigor show.

The radical described his on-air comments arsenic 'obscene, indecent and profane radical slurs against Native Americans and African Americans.' The FCC declined to instrumentality action, though it called the remarks 'deplorable' and 'offensive.'

The Republican businessman besides famously utilized the 'birther' conspiracy to propel himself into nationalist authorities successful the precocious 2000s.

During the Obama administration, helium baselessly claimed the nation's archetypal achromatic president wasn't qualified to clasp the bureau due to the fact that helium was calved successful Kenya, not the U.S., arsenic is required nether the Constitution.

He recanted the statements, however, during his winning 2016 campaign.

Trump's cabinets person been mostly without of immoderate African Americans with the notable objection of his Housing and Urban Development nominees: Ben Carson, from 2017 done 2020, and his existent pick, erstwhile NFL subordinate Scott Turner.